Category: Christian World

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American mystical missionary dies in India

Story By: Sister Malini Manjoly, SC (Matters India). Patna: Sister Ann Roberta Powers, an American member of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, died Saturday at Mokama in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. She was 90. Her funeral is scheduled at 3...

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No Indian Bishop Responds to Papal Call?

No Indian Bishop  Responds to Papal Call? Church in India & Oct.4-25 Family Synod Will the Church in India fail a second time to come up with a Family Survey ordered by Francis Pappa? It missed the boat at the...

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100 dalit Christians re-convert to Hinduism in Gorakhpur

Lucknow (Story – Matters India)— After several months, Uttar Pradesh had the first instance of “ghar vapsi” when saffron outfits in Gorakhpur re-converted nearly 100 Dalits from Christianity to Hinduism. Reports said members of Hindu Yuva Vahini, the outfit belonging...

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Calcutta diocese to help victims of human trafficking

The residential establishment will equip the rescued minors in life skills and education to help them find a strong foothold in society. Kolkata:(Story- UCAN)  In continuance of its year-long bicentenary celebrations, the Diocese of Calcutta will set up a rehabilitation...

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The dark side of living ‘childfree’

By Mary Rezac. Denver, Colo., Jun 25, 2015 / 04:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A few months ago, several writers opened up a conversation they felt was long overdue in a book titled “Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision to...

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On Your March – Church Citizens’ Voice, Ready

Feed back received to the introduction of our Website's editors: 1 That is a great initiative; you and your team have all my support, encouragement and blessings; carry on the great work; you have many of my articles – you can...

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Two boys hanged for eating during Ramzan

Beirut (Story – Matters India): The Islamic State group has hanged two youths after accusing them of eating during daylight hours in the Muslim fasting month of Ramzan, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said. “Residents of the village of...

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Evaluating Your Bishop’s Performance?

Evaluating Your Bishop’s Performance? I did not write this, but am sharing it for its relevance to  the Hierarchy in India, irrespective of denominations. John Dayal www.johndayal.com At my current university, at the end of the academic year, a representative from the dean’s...

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Tamil TV channel under fire for ‘degrading’ bishop, nuns

Coimbatore (Story – Matters India): Priests, nuns and lay people of Coimbatore Catholic archdiocese Saturday staged a demonstration to protest a private television program that denigrated the Church. Vicar General of Coimbatore Fr John Joseph Stanis, who led the protest,...

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US Bishops hear summary of synod consultation

By Brian Roewe in US National Catholic Reporter.            (Note:The Concluding Ordinary Rome Synod will be held  from Oct.4 to 25, 2015. All bishops’ conferences around the world were asked to conduct a survey  on what the faithful,  from the...

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Hindu organizations demand ban on convent schools

This report on a Hindu Convention's resolution asking closure of all Convent Schools in India clearly shows the level of intollerance Christian Minority Institutions all over the nation is facing in some degrees – Joseph Mattappally (CCV). Panaji (Story :...

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An ‘Iconic’ Shift :: Indian Currents, Editorial

Dr Suresh Mathew Icons are persons or symbols worthy of veneration. Such symbols are not made in days or months. They come to live in the minds of people because they had dedicated their lives for the country and its...